Coat

Museum number:

1-27204

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Alternate number:

1 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.643

Description:

Captain Jack's buckskin coat, beaded and fringed.

Donor:

R. W. Hanna

Collection place:

Modoc County, California

Verbatim coll. place:

California; Modoc

Culture or time period:

Modoc

Collector:

Charles Shock, Daniel Ream, and Henry Shock

Collection date:

1872-1873

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Coats (garments)

Function:

2.1 Daily Garb

Accession date:

1929

Context of use:

Worn DURING war of 1872-73. The owner has been the recognized Modoc Chief from the time prior to the coming of the white man.

Department:

Native California (archaeology and ethnology)

Comment:

Remarks: "Collection begun by Dr. Ream of Yreka; after his death purchased by Shock Brothers for $200 and combined with their collection. After death of Charles Shock in 1907 it was stored at the Shock store in Montagua, Calif. Shown to R. W. Hanna by Henry Shock in April 1927. Subsequently purchased by Mr. Hanna. Collection included relics of the Modoc War, some of which are entered in catalogue 7, because of non-Indian origin.

Loans:

S1978-1979 #62: Presidio Army Museum (April 23, 1979–March 5, 1980), S1980-1981 #8: Presidio Army Museum (July 31, 1980–January 8, 1985), S2010-2011 #1: The California Museum (February 1, 2011–November 30, 2014), and S2016-2017 #7: The California Museum (May 3, 2017–June 15, 2020)

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